Zotac Z68-ITX WiFi Review

SiSoft Sandra

Onto SiSoft Sandra and in the Processor Arithmetic test the Zotac once again performs surprisingly well. Similarly to the Gene-Z the latest version of Sandra seems to have adjusted how the Dhrystone results are calculated which leads to a much higher score both in Dhrystone and Aggregate testing when compared to our earlier results. Nonetheless it's certainly not outclassed.

Processor MultiMedia

The Processor MultiMedia test gives the Zotac a good showing with the stock result being better than the highly regarded MSI Marshal, and when overclocked it's just shy of the very best by roughly what we'd expect given the lower clockspeed. If anything it demonstrates how pure the Sandra test is.

Most Recent Comments

If you look at all the recent SB itx boards from Asus & Gigabyte, they also have the socket too close to the pci-e slot. But those are H61 & H67 boards that won't overclock. I'm eagerly awaiting the upcoming Z68 board from Gigabyte, hopefully they'll move the socket over so that you can get decent tower cooler on there. The Thermalright axp 140 seems to be the best choice for these boards at the moment - but the tolerances are very small....

In fairness to the manufacturers, they'd not envisage the sense in buying an itx mobo and sticking a tower on it. You'd ideally be looking at the smallest case to fit the thing in with your low power cpu and possibly a 1u/2u type cooler.

For benching the thing, naturally you'll go with the best cooler you have at hand and clock the crap out of it the best you can.

I have been following the development of these itx boards for a few years now, waiting to build a small powerful rig. Zotac build alot of these itx boards but I think that their history has been somewhat spotted. I remember the old 9300 based boards that were billed as the ultimate itx board, but they wouldn't go to sleep properly. I personally wouldn't buy a Zotac board and have been waiting for the SB itx boards to mature. For my money I would buy the Asus P8H67-I Deluxe, it has just about everything - but you can't overclock it... I hope Gigabyte hit a homerun with their Z68 offering...Quote

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